PAWS & NEVER!
Are happy to announce the birth of 4 dogs and 2 bitches
All Yellow
on September 23th. 2021
For the record :
Never Give Up Of Tintagel Winds (Never)
(Multi Champion And Field Trial Champion Carromer's Charlie Chalk X Have One Of Me Of Tintagel Winds)
Born July 12th 2017
Clear For The 3 DNA Tests For PRAprcd/EIC/HNPK
Paws For Thoughts Of Tintagel Winds (Paws)
MALLORN'S FLINTSTONE (PONCH) x JEWEL IN PURE GOLD OF TINTAGEL WINDS (JEWEL)
Born 25th November 2019
Are happy to announce the birth of 4 dogs and 2 bitches
All Yellow
on September 23th. 2021
For the record :
Never Give Up Of Tintagel Winds (Never)
(Multi Champion And Field Trial Champion Carromer's Charlie Chalk X Have One Of Me Of Tintagel Winds)
Born July 12th 2017
Clear For The 3 DNA Tests For PRAprcd/EIC/HNPK
Paws For Thoughts Of Tintagel Winds (Paws)
MALLORN'S FLINTSTONE (PONCH) x JEWEL IN PURE GOLD OF TINTAGEL WINDS (JEWEL)
Born 25th November 2019
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8 weeks/semaines +++
GOING HOME!!!!!!!
Long and happy lives, babies.
8 weeks/semaines +++
GOING HOME!!!!!!!
Long and happy lives, babies.
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Save The Planet Vote Green of T.W (Tiago) Green collar left this morning to start his new life. |
He looks at home in his new home !
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3 months
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3 months
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4 months
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4 1/2 Months
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6 Months
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Savoy Truffle of T.W. (Sacha) Savoy Truffle left on Friday for his new home. Interesting that I who was of the same ilk as the Beatles . . . had never heard of "Savoy Truffle" until his new family asked for this on Friday as his Pedigree name. You live and learn every day . |
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3 months
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3 months
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3 months
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3 Months - Après les fêtes . Sacha a des lendemains très difficiles...
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1 Year
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13 Months
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The start of a "love story"
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Star Trek of T.W. (Tigrou) My treasure has gone. Gone to a new and better life with more fun and more activity and lots of love. 20 years ago they bought Sea Breeze of T.W. and there were no children. Today a special thought for Maxim who has battled odds as has Star Trek, and both are victorious. What better relationship could they have than that ? Way to go boys . They took the road at midnight with the 3 chldren to do the 750 kms, arrived at mid-day and have now taken the road back with one more child and 750 kms to do again. So, so glad to see them again and so, so happy that Star Trek has a loving family who love my dogs. What more could I want, however sad I feel that Trekky has left ? Long and happy life little fellow. |
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3 Months
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4 1/2 Months
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And here’s STAR TREK at 13 months ! ❤️□□ Of all the puppies one produces, cherished, cared for, loved, weighed daily - there’s a very, very special place in your heart for the ones who weren’t destined to survive but who joined their determination with yours, against all odds. They’re the ones who make it all worth while.
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Start Up of T.W.
Yellow collar gone to join her grandmother's sister (Joy In Being of T.W.) in Geneva. |
At Home! Looks pretty happy with her new family and in her new bed !
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3 months
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4 Months
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Sunlight Escapade of T.W.
Fuschia collar left for the long, long drive down to Nice today. The fourth T.W. for this family and she joins Moonlight Escapade, now 5 years old. Long and happy life |
3 month - At Home
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Sustainable Energy of T.W. He left for the Valais in Switzerland this afternoon. He's going to have a lovely social life living in an hotel, of which he will undoubtably become the mascot - and will probably have access to some super menus too ! Live it up little boy ! |
Il vient d'être nommé Chef réceptionniste! Welcome at the Hotel de la Poste!
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3 Months - No cuter Father Christmas than this one
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3 Months - Give me the room keys . .
Sustainable Energy (aka Simba) Here's one sweet, clever little puppy who has adopted his rôle as the "welcome to our hotel" supervisor !. .
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What's the next question ? I'm ready to pass the exam !
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18/11/2021
8 Weeks
Paws' puppies yesterday at just on 8 weeks. Looking at their birth-weight and now watching their departure full of life - I can only be happy. And particularly with the spectacular positive change for my precious little Star Trek (Royal Blue).
And a sad thought for N° 3, my beloved Spunky, who died at 3 weeks and for N°6,7,8 and 11 who didn't make the first week. R.I.P. babies
Note the relative lack of weight gain due to the third worming 3 days before the vaccination and microchip .
18/11/2021
8 Weeks
Paws' puppies yesterday at just on 8 weeks. Looking at their birth-weight and now watching their departure full of life - I can only be happy. And particularly with the spectacular positive change for my precious little Star Trek (Royal Blue).
And a sad thought for N° 3, my beloved Spunky, who died at 3 weeks and for N°6,7,8 and 11 who didn't make the first week. R.I.P. babies
Note the relative lack of weight gain due to the third worming 3 days before the vaccination and microchip .
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13/11/2021
7 Weeks
52 days today, my little star. 52 days of gastric intubing and being weighed initially 12 times a day, then 10 times and finally 8 times.
Since he swallowed the tube, which gave me the fright of my life, I have been monitoring his capacity to "drink" and he's gone from nothing, refusing and choking to 0.5 cm in a small dish and now to 1,5 cms this morning (all gone !).
Star Trek is on his way. A NORMAL little puppy. But with a particular affection for and symbiose with humans. - he can read your soul.
Soon he'll be able to leave and have a normal life with a loving family. I'm now open to discuss his future with anyone desiring this little one.
13/11/2021
7 Weeks
52 days today, my little star. 52 days of gastric intubing and being weighed initially 12 times a day, then 10 times and finally 8 times.
Since he swallowed the tube, which gave me the fright of my life, I have been monitoring his capacity to "drink" and he's gone from nothing, refusing and choking to 0.5 cm in a small dish and now to 1,5 cms this morning (all gone !).
Star Trek is on his way. A NORMAL little puppy. But with a particular affection for and symbiose with humans. - he can read your soul.
Soon he'll be able to leave and have a normal life with a loving family. I'm now open to discuss his future with anyone desiring this little one.
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11/11/2021
7 Weeks
No comment needed ! Yesterday's weekly weight gain for the Paws' babies. When you look at their birthweight and their deplorable premature arrival (I won't call it a "birth" - it wasn't, it was a shocking "cut open and dragged out" way too early) and what they've gained - WOW and well done little treasures !
11/11/2021
7 Weeks
No comment needed ! Yesterday's weekly weight gain for the Paws' babies. When you look at their birthweight and their deplorable premature arrival (I won't call it a "birth" - it wasn't, it was a shocking "cut open and dragged out" way too early) and what they've gained - WOW and well done little treasures !
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10/11/2021
7 Weeks
Seven weeks today and a poor tentative of Bench Photos as the freezing wind has gone and the light is good.
Puppies not disposed to be good. In fact I think it's easier to take a group of eleven because they don't have room to move !
10/11/2021
7 Weeks
Seven weeks today and a poor tentative of Bench Photos as the freezing wind has gone and the light is good.
Puppies not disposed to be good. In fact I think it's easier to take a group of eleven because they don't have room to move !
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10/11/2021
7 Weeks
Trekky playing with his sister Yellow collar. Coming up to 4 kilos (8,8 lbs) today at 7 weeks - much smaller than the others but doing well and a busy, curious, enterprising little boy.
10/11/2021
7 Weeks
Trekky playing with his sister Yellow collar. Coming up to 4 kilos (8,8 lbs) today at 7 weeks - much smaller than the others but doing well and a busy, curious, enterprising little boy.
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08/11/2021
7 Weeks
At 1.30 a.m. this morning I thought these were the last photos I would ever be taking of my Trekky. I'd come down to give Meg her hormone capsule and intube Trekky with his 60 cl of milk. He still won't/can't lap in a bowl but puts up a bit of an anti-tube fight. Notwithstanding - he's at 3,5 kilos and I'm very proud of him.
As he finished the milk and I drew back the syringe to get the tube out of his mouth I suddenly realised that the tube was no longer there, it had detached from the syringe. It wasn't even in his mouth or throat. I stared at him incredulously. The tube is pretty rigid and is 16 cms long. You can't operate a 6 weeks old puppy with his problem of a soft palate. No way could that tube get through the intestines and I just couldn't see how he could regurgitate it. I sat crying and playing with him for 2 hours and then at 3.30 I put him back with the others and went to get a little rest. Would he still be alive at 6.30 ?
He was. And I prepared breakfast for them all and milk for him and while it was all warming up I cleared a bit of poo from the pen. And then I couldn't believe my eyes . . . there was the tube half hidden in the paper strips on the floor of the pen. A little bloody.
I think this morning was one of the happiest mornings of my life and "hugging someone to death" took on a significant meaning.
A miracle.
08/11/2021
7 Weeks
At 1.30 a.m. this morning I thought these were the last photos I would ever be taking of my Trekky. I'd come down to give Meg her hormone capsule and intube Trekky with his 60 cl of milk. He still won't/can't lap in a bowl but puts up a bit of an anti-tube fight. Notwithstanding - he's at 3,5 kilos and I'm very proud of him.
As he finished the milk and I drew back the syringe to get the tube out of his mouth I suddenly realised that the tube was no longer there, it had detached from the syringe. It wasn't even in his mouth or throat. I stared at him incredulously. The tube is pretty rigid and is 16 cms long. You can't operate a 6 weeks old puppy with his problem of a soft palate. No way could that tube get through the intestines and I just couldn't see how he could regurgitate it. I sat crying and playing with him for 2 hours and then at 3.30 I put him back with the others and went to get a little rest. Would he still be alive at 6.30 ?
He was. And I prepared breakfast for them all and milk for him and while it was all warming up I cleared a bit of poo from the pen. And then I couldn't believe my eyes . . . there was the tube half hidden in the paper strips on the floor of the pen. A little bloody.
I think this morning was one of the happiest mornings of my life and "hugging someone to death" took on a significant meaning.
A miracle.
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30/10/2021
6 Weeks
It's been a long and difficult six weeks and I can't forget that there were eleven initially, and then losing 4 in the first 4 days, and finally losing Spunky at 3 weeks. So I have to remember that these happy, intelligent little babies are something of a miracle considering the C-section probably at least a week too early and their ridiculous birth-weight about on the level of that of a mouse !
Star Trek is my pride and joy. He'll hit the 3 kilos tonight and although he's one kilo below the siblings in weight - he's all there on every other level - including absconding when he can to wind up the others from outside the pen.
30/10/2021
6 Weeks
It's been a long and difficult six weeks and I can't forget that there were eleven initially, and then losing 4 in the first 4 days, and finally losing Spunky at 3 weeks. So I have to remember that these happy, intelligent little babies are something of a miracle considering the C-section probably at least a week too early and their ridiculous birth-weight about on the level of that of a mouse !
Star Trek is my pride and joy. He'll hit the 3 kilos tonight and although he's one kilo below the siblings in weight - he's all there on every other level - including absconding when he can to wind up the others from outside the pen.
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29/10/2021
5 Weeks
Very happy with ALL the babies.
29/10/2021
5 Weeks
Very happy with ALL the babies.
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27/10/2021
5 Weeks
Star Trek hit 2 kilos weight today, the day he's 5 weeks' old, and I am over the moon on my Star Trek - a mixed up cosmos for sure ! I'm still intubing 6 times per 24 hours but he's also eating with his siblings.
The five HUGE ones are doing very well, eating well, playing well, wagging well and growing well. What more could I want ?
27/10/2021
5 Weeks
Star Trek hit 2 kilos weight today, the day he's 5 weeks' old, and I am over the moon on my Star Trek - a mixed up cosmos for sure ! I'm still intubing 6 times per 24 hours but he's also eating with his siblings.
The five HUGE ones are doing very well, eating well, playing well, wagging well and growing well. What more could I want ?
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24/10/2021
1 Month
Waiting for me to finish cleaning their pen this morning.
Oh what an incredible change from the 200 grams fur-less babies dragged into the world 32 days ago.
Just so sad that five didn't make it, and above all my precious little Spunky. I'm just grateful there are still 5+1 = SIX gorgeous little puppies.
24/10/2021
1 Month
Waiting for me to finish cleaning their pen this morning.
Oh what an incredible change from the 200 grams fur-less babies dragged into the world 32 days ago.
Just so sad that five didn't make it, and above all my precious little Spunky. I'm just grateful there are still 5+1 = SIX gorgeous little puppies.
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20/10/2021
1 Month
PAWS' puppies have been grounded today - they are four weeks old and starting to climb out of the whelping box.
Super pleased with Star Trek who has really had a good week. Of course he's still a great deal smaller than his siblings but is on his way. Only problem is not knowing why he can't suckle. When I put my index in his mouth with the Nutri-Plus Gel on it . . . he almost swallows my hand !
20/10/2021
1 Month
PAWS' puppies have been grounded today - they are four weeks old and starting to climb out of the whelping box.
Super pleased with Star Trek who has really had a good week. Of course he's still a great deal smaller than his siblings but is on his way. Only problem is not knowing why he can't suckle. When I put my index in his mouth with the Nutri-Plus Gel on it . . . he almost swallows my hand !
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19/10/2021
26 Days
Today was the first day I felt entirely sure that Star Trek was going to make it and not die in my arms as did his brother. That made a very happy me and though intubing is no fun it can make miracles happen.
19/10/2021
26 Days
Today was the first day I felt entirely sure that Star Trek was going to make it and not die in my arms as did his brother. That made a very happy me and though intubing is no fun it can make miracles happen.
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18/10/2021
25 Days
STAR TREK - Good Morning everyone and a thousand licks for the encouragement and love I get from my Facebook community.
This morning, after my first intubing I hit the ONE KILO (2 lbs) on the scales and my Mummy was filled with joy.
I'm a happy little boy and I love snuggling under her jacket after my feed and falling asleep like that, safe and sound.
I love my brothers and sisters too but I get a bit fed up with their using me as a pillow.
18/10/2021
25 Days
STAR TREK - Good Morning everyone and a thousand licks for the encouragement and love I get from my Facebook community.
This morning, after my first intubing I hit the ONE KILO (2 lbs) on the scales and my Mummy was filled with joy.
I'm a happy little boy and I love snuggling under her jacket after my feed and falling asleep like that, safe and sound.
I love my brothers and sisters too but I get a bit fed up with their using me as a pillow.
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17/10/2021
24 Days
First it was just egg custard and now it's puppy meal soaked in milk added to the egg custard. The five big ones are doing very well.
Star Trek is doing much better since I created - McGyver style - a new tube 10 cms longer than the one I was using. I feel terrible and totally upset because I'm sure if I'd done this a week ago I could well have saved my sweet Spunky.
17/10/2021
24 Days
First it was just egg custard and now it's puppy meal soaked in milk added to the egg custard. The five big ones are doing very well.
Star Trek is doing much better since I created - McGyver style - a new tube 10 cms longer than the one I was using. I feel terrible and totally upset because I'm sure if I'd done this a week ago I could well have saved my sweet Spunky.
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14/10/2021
21 Days
He trusted me and I failed him.
What did I not do that I could have done ? What did I do that I shouldn't have done ?
Spunky's 3 week fight for survival ended at ten past three this morning in my arms, on my bed, against my heart and under my tears.
R.I.P. my beloved little boy.
14/10/2021
21 Days
He trusted me and I failed him.
What did I not do that I could have done ? What did I do that I shouldn't have done ?
Spunky's 3 week fight for survival ended at ten past three this morning in my arms, on my bed, against my heart and under my tears.
R.I.P. my beloved little boy.
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12/10/2021
19 Days
Difficult times - Spunky and Star Wars refuse the gastric tube and throw up the milk. I made a new one with a dash to the Pharmacy this morning - no better. I tried the bottle again, no way, I tried the sponge, no way either. I really thought I was losing them definitely yesterday evening.
This morning I rushed out to buy eggs and made egg custard with little hope they'd be able to try eating with any success considering that their 19 days today is really only about 12 days logically. I was right. It's an uphill struggle. So happy to have the Virbac Nutri-Plus gel of which they love the taste so they get a pea-sized blot on my finger 6 times per 24 hours. And I'm desperately persevering with the transition to eating in a bowl (on my lap).
The next day or two are crucial. Paws crossed please.
12/10/2021
19 Days
Difficult times - Spunky and Star Wars refuse the gastric tube and throw up the milk. I made a new one with a dash to the Pharmacy this morning - no better. I tried the bottle again, no way, I tried the sponge, no way either. I really thought I was losing them definitely yesterday evening.
This morning I rushed out to buy eggs and made egg custard with little hope they'd be able to try eating with any success considering that their 19 days today is really only about 12 days logically. I was right. It's an uphill struggle. So happy to have the Virbac Nutri-Plus gel of which they love the taste so they get a pea-sized blot on my finger 6 times per 24 hours. And I'm desperately persevering with the transition to eating in a bowl (on my lap).
The next day or two are crucial. Paws crossed please.
Little treasure Spunky . . . hold in there baby
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10/10/2021
17 Days
The "unofficial" weight charts for Red and Royal Blue at the moment. It's not a once-a-week weighing, it's not a once-a-day weighing either . . . it's a "before" and "after" weighing . . . . five times a day when I intube them. That's ten times a day per puppy.
When I look at these bits of paper - I measure the work involved and wonder whether people realise the time and energy a breeder invests in his/her puppies. No, I know that they have no idea.
10/10/2021
17 Days
The "unofficial" weight charts for Red and Royal Blue at the moment. It's not a once-a-week weighing, it's not a once-a-day weighing either . . . it's a "before" and "after" weighing . . . . five times a day when I intube them. That's ten times a day per puppy.
When I look at these bits of paper - I measure the work involved and wonder whether people realise the time and energy a breeder invests in his/her puppies. No, I know that they have no idea.
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08/10/2021
2 Weeks
Yesterday was DAY 15 for the Paws, and SPUNKY & STAR WARS are actually SUCKLING here ! One tiny suckle is a great leap forward after 2 weeks of gastric intubing, and now it just remains to be seen how their weight may improve and at what age this extremely premature litter will be able to start egg custard.
15 days SPUNKY at 610 g. = 1,3 lb . . . . .
The 5 big ones are now over 1 kilo at around 2,4 lbs
08/10/2021
2 Weeks
Yesterday was DAY 15 for the Paws, and SPUNKY & STAR WARS are actually SUCKLING here ! One tiny suckle is a great leap forward after 2 weeks of gastric intubing, and now it just remains to be seen how their weight may improve and at what age this extremely premature litter will be able to start egg custard.
15 days SPUNKY at 610 g. = 1,3 lb . . . . .
The 5 big ones are now over 1 kilo at around 2,4 lbs
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The five biggest - banished into the Punishment Box to give prime Mummy time to the two little shrimps. Up to today it was a useless waste of time but with perseverance it looks as though it's finally working ! Yay !□□
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06/10/2021
2 Weeks
TWO weeks - phew ! - although I am disappointed that Red and Royal Blue have put on so little weight compared with their siblings - they are active and curious and Red went from 20 gms gain the first week to 186 this week. I fully believe in both of them. Royal Blue's difficulty is in accepting the gastric tube.
As for Paws, my admiration and confidence in her are without bounds. It's lovely to know how wrong you can be when being wrong is a wonderful and happy surprise !
Considering the disastrous condition in which they were torn out of their mother and the loss of four of them in the first 4 days - I am extremely happy with what I have today.
06/10/2021
2 Weeks
TWO weeks - phew ! - although I am disappointed that Red and Royal Blue have put on so little weight compared with their siblings - they are active and curious and Red went from 20 gms gain the first week to 186 this week. I fully believe in both of them. Royal Blue's difficulty is in accepting the gastric tube.
As for Paws, my admiration and confidence in her are without bounds. It's lovely to know how wrong you can be when being wrong is a wonderful and happy surprise !
Considering the disastrous condition in which they were torn out of their mother and the loss of four of them in the first 4 days - I am extremely happy with what I have today.
From 450 grams to 525 this week for the five biggest. It's correct for babies born far too soon. Now the 2 others must catch up
I just don't do the averages with this litter beause it means nothing when you have five on one side and 2 on the other.
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06/10/2021
2 Weeks
Here's Spunky this morning, investigating my shoe. Looking forward to weighing them all this afternoon: 2 weeks today !
06/10/2021
2 Weeks
Here's Spunky this morning, investigating my shoe. Looking forward to weighing them all this afternoon: 2 weeks today !
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04/10/2021
12 Days
Good Morning everyone - I weigh ONE POUND this morning and tomorrow I'll be 2 weeks old.
Love: SPUNKY
P.S. My Mummy said to me that I'm NOT to worry about growing bigger and if I stay a bit smaller than my siblings - she says that diamonds are very small compared with other precious stones and yet they are of the greatest value . . .
04/10/2021
12 Days
Good Morning everyone - I weigh ONE POUND this morning and tomorrow I'll be 2 weeks old.
Love: SPUNKY
P.S. My Mummy said to me that I'm NOT to worry about growing bigger and if I stay a bit smaller than my siblings - she says that diamonds are very small compared with other precious stones and yet they are of the greatest value . . .
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03/10/2021
11 Days
This - if he survives - is SPUNKY LITTLE DEVIL OF T.W. (Red)
Paws' babies are now 11 days old and just about look and weigh-in like 5 days old, maximum. Spunky and his slightly bigger brother Royal Blue look, size-wise, just about new-born.
I try not to feel sorry for myself with the terrible round-the-clock weighing and intubing because it must be much worse for them. Paws is taking it all in her stride, being a devoted and watchful mother. I never expected this from her.
In 11 days the weight GAIN is: Yellow 448 gms
Turquoise 438 gms
Black 574 gms
Green 428 gms
Fuschia 366 gms
Royal Blue 208 gms
Red 106 gms
The 3 biggest haven't been intubed for several days, add Fuschia and Green whom I'm stopping tonight - all five seem well on their way and will catch up. Blue and Red are still being intubed 6 times per 24 hours, and the difference from beloved Remedy is that he loved the intubing whereas these two hate it and do all they can to refuse it, spit it out, reject the milk and generally exasperate me, particularly at 3 a.m. But I'm definitely more determined than they are.
03/10/2021
11 Days
This - if he survives - is SPUNKY LITTLE DEVIL OF T.W. (Red)
Paws' babies are now 11 days old and just about look and weigh-in like 5 days old, maximum. Spunky and his slightly bigger brother Royal Blue look, size-wise, just about new-born.
I try not to feel sorry for myself with the terrible round-the-clock weighing and intubing because it must be much worse for them. Paws is taking it all in her stride, being a devoted and watchful mother. I never expected this from her.
In 11 days the weight GAIN is: Yellow 448 gms
Turquoise 438 gms
Black 574 gms
Green 428 gms
Fuschia 366 gms
Royal Blue 208 gms
Red 106 gms
The 3 biggest haven't been intubed for several days, add Fuschia and Green whom I'm stopping tonight - all five seem well on their way and will catch up. Blue and Red are still being intubed 6 times per 24 hours, and the difference from beloved Remedy is that he loved the intubing whereas these two hate it and do all they can to refuse it, spit it out, reject the milk and generally exasperate me, particularly at 3 a.m. But I'm definitely more determined than they are.
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01/10/2021
8 Days
Everyone got clean pyjamas this morning. Throwing up milk non-stop and being licked (not quite to death) by their mother, Paws, sent the collars into unrecognizable colours. Which made the weighing precarious.
Red is still a very big worry but though I keep asking myself whether insisting on his living is doing him a favour - I shan't give up as long as he keeps trying to move forward. He still doesn't know how to suck though is attracted to the teats. It's becoming difficult when he weighs less than half what the biggest weigh. Punishment Box to the rescue !
Green was a big worry too but has discovered how to suck and is certainly/probably out of danger now at 9 days. Royal Blue is still a worry.
I'm cheating too, because the 4 being intubed . . . I only accept writing down their weight just after they've been "fed" and not before. This cheating boosts my morale as well as their weight.
01/10/2021
8 Days
Everyone got clean pyjamas this morning. Throwing up milk non-stop and being licked (not quite to death) by their mother, Paws, sent the collars into unrecognizable colours. Which made the weighing precarious.
Red is still a very big worry but though I keep asking myself whether insisting on his living is doing him a favour - I shan't give up as long as he keeps trying to move forward. He still doesn't know how to suck though is attracted to the teats. It's becoming difficult when he weighs less than half what the biggest weigh. Punishment Box to the rescue !
Green was a big worry too but has discovered how to suck and is certainly/probably out of danger now at 9 days. Royal Blue is still a worry.
I'm cheating too, because the 4 being intubed . . . I only accept writing down their weight just after they've been "fed" and not before. This cheating boosts my morale as well as their weight.
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29/09/2021
6 Days
Never before have I had puppies probably "born" over a week early. By C-section because the uterus was open and there were no contractions. Unable to suck, unable to accept the gastric tube, unable to digest and despite a loving and ever-present mother - life was too fragile for four of them, though not necessarily the smallest at birth. Paws is being wonderful.
24 hours a day, non stop taking their temperatures which fall constantly without vigilant care, weighing them before intubing, weighing them after (because they throw back most of the milk), giving them Virbac Nutrition gel, cleaning them, loving them . . . for such a pathetic result.
Will I manage to save the seven who are still here ? I don't know. At one week old, normally a puppy doubles his birthweight - but they haven't in this case even though their birthweight was less than I have ever known, about half what is normal.
I'm totally undone, holding my dying babies against my skin and telling them I love them until I feel their last breath. I suffered this once in 1985 with my own baby and each time now this brings back terrible traumatic memories of an insufferable situation.
Just a million, million thanks to the very best friend in the world whose constant telephone calls at all hours of day and night are just about holding me together with comfort, advice and encouragement. Some exceptional humans go above and beyond.
29/09/2021
6 Days
Never before have I had puppies probably "born" over a week early. By C-section because the uterus was open and there were no contractions. Unable to suck, unable to accept the gastric tube, unable to digest and despite a loving and ever-present mother - life was too fragile for four of them, though not necessarily the smallest at birth. Paws is being wonderful.
24 hours a day, non stop taking their temperatures which fall constantly without vigilant care, weighing them before intubing, weighing them after (because they throw back most of the milk), giving them Virbac Nutrition gel, cleaning them, loving them . . . for such a pathetic result.
Will I manage to save the seven who are still here ? I don't know. At one week old, normally a puppy doubles his birthweight - but they haven't in this case even though their birthweight was less than I have ever known, about half what is normal.
I'm totally undone, holding my dying babies against my skin and telling them I love them until I feel their last breath. I suffered this once in 1985 with my own baby and each time now this brings back terrible traumatic memories of an insufferable situation.
Just a million, million thanks to the very best friend in the world whose constant telephone calls at all hours of day and night are just about holding me together with comfort, advice and encouragement. Some exceptional humans go above and beyond.
DAY SEVEN today of the worst week in my life
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26/09/2021
3 Days
Eleven there were, nine there are and, hopefully, nine there will be . . . .
Two very difficult and sad days fighting the disaster which is a litter born five days early by C-section.
Two little girls went over the Rainbow Bridge and I howled my despair into the silent night while the full moon stared down at us. A moon that's watched everything in this world since the beginning of time doesn't think much of two puppies dying. Neither Orange nor Pale Pink responded to gastric intubing nor bottle feeding nor drop by drop syringe feeding. They crept out of this sad world and though Paws seemed indifferent (dogs are wonderful, they never look back) I wept the whole night for them.
The 9 others are in two groups, though all together - 4 are being intubed every four hours, 4 are doing fine all by themselves and one is half way between. There's a considerable weight difference and nothing is still sure but I feel more confident today that these nine tough little ones will thrive and shine. Paws is being a really wonderful first-time mother though she was not well for two days.
26/09/2021
3 Days
Eleven there were, nine there are and, hopefully, nine there will be . . . .
Two very difficult and sad days fighting the disaster which is a litter born five days early by C-section.
Two little girls went over the Rainbow Bridge and I howled my despair into the silent night while the full moon stared down at us. A moon that's watched everything in this world since the beginning of time doesn't think much of two puppies dying. Neither Orange nor Pale Pink responded to gastric intubing nor bottle feeding nor drop by drop syringe feeding. They crept out of this sad world and though Paws seemed indifferent (dogs are wonderful, they never look back) I wept the whole night for them.
The 9 others are in two groups, though all together - 4 are being intubed every four hours, 4 are doing fine all by themselves and one is half way between. There's a considerable weight difference and nothing is still sure but I feel more confident today that these nine tough little ones will thrive and shine. Paws is being a really wonderful first-time mother though she was not well for two days.
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24/09/2021
Day 1
Super little Paws, despite all I feared - has acted like a real little trooper. Apart from having to heave her, paw by paw, into the whelping box first time around (and don't tell me she doesn't weigh 200 kilos) - she's a bitch far stronger (but less determined) than me. She has won her gold star in 24 hours .
A tentative lick turned her into a cleaning machine. Presenting (?) 7 empty teats to 11 babies turned her into a semi-functioning milk machine. The other bitch on the scene is armed with a gastric tube, baby feeding bottles and artificial milk. It's been heavy going and sitting two consecutive nights on a hard chair beside Paws and her babies is definitely turning me into a zombie.
But eleven there were and eleven there are and with Paws, me and some good luck - eleven there will be.
24/09/2021
Day 1
Super little Paws, despite all I feared - has acted like a real little trooper. Apart from having to heave her, paw by paw, into the whelping box first time around (and don't tell me she doesn't weigh 200 kilos) - she's a bitch far stronger (but less determined) than me. She has won her gold star in 24 hours .
A tentative lick turned her into a cleaning machine. Presenting (?) 7 empty teats to 11 babies turned her into a semi-functioning milk machine. The other bitch on the scene is armed with a gastric tube, baby feeding bottles and artificial milk. It's been heavy going and sitting two consecutive nights on a hard chair beside Paws and her babies is definitely turning me into a zombie.
But eleven there were and eleven there are and with Paws, me and some good luck - eleven there will be.
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The smallest, 8 ounces, the one who wouldn't come out and forced the C-section. Orange collar. A girl, what else !
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23/09/2021
Oh WOW - the unexpected ! Suddenly with a normal temperature at scarcely 59 days . . . Paws was losing placenta.. No contractions, no contractions either after a quick trip to the Vet for Ocytocine shots.
So back to the Vet for a C-section. I wasn't exactly ready for that. And then the wild rush to welcome eleven tiny unready for birth babies plus one even smaller and even less finished who was not alive. Very premature puppies with no fur on faces, ears, necks, fronts or paws and skin an odd colour.
Seven boys and four girls.
Needless to say that Paws, primipare and utterly oblivious to what was going to happen has no milk and 7 teats and no desire to lie in a whelping box.
I got home with Paws and the babies in total darkness at 8.40 p.m. with all the dogs to put to bed, feed youngsters, survey Paws and then pass a night sitting trying to get the eleven to take some puppy milk. With very mixed results. They just aren't ready and the average birth-weight is just on 280 gms which is 9,8 ounces.
23/09/2021
Oh WOW - the unexpected ! Suddenly with a normal temperature at scarcely 59 days . . . Paws was losing placenta.. No contractions, no contractions either after a quick trip to the Vet for Ocytocine shots.
So back to the Vet for a C-section. I wasn't exactly ready for that. And then the wild rush to welcome eleven tiny unready for birth babies plus one even smaller and even less finished who was not alive. Very premature puppies with no fur on faces, ears, necks, fronts or paws and skin an odd colour.
Seven boys and four girls.
Needless to say that Paws, primipare and utterly oblivious to what was going to happen has no milk and 7 teats and no desire to lie in a whelping box.
I got home with Paws and the babies in total darkness at 8.40 p.m. with all the dogs to put to bed, feed youngsters, survey Paws and then pass a night sitting trying to get the eleven to take some puppy milk. With very mixed results. They just aren't ready and the average birth-weight is just on 280 gms which is 9,8 ounces.
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Hummmmm . . . should I have trimmed her tail ?
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"Now what are these things ?"
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31/08/2021
The start - Le début
Never and Paws are delighted (I, less so) to announce that they have abolished the rules and are looking forward - it seems - to puppies.
I took it as fun and games when I saw Never on her back. She'd been in season just 4 months earlier and was losing nothing and he's always adored pale yellow girls.
However, just about on 5 weeks today since I saw the "fun and games" and her attitude has changed and so has her underbody line. Looks like I'm faced with the evidence of misbehaviour !
31/08/2021
The start - Le début
Never and Paws are delighted (I, less so) to announce that they have abolished the rules and are looking forward - it seems - to puppies.
I took it as fun and games when I saw Never on her back. She'd been in season just 4 months earlier and was losing nothing and he's always adored pale yellow girls.
However, just about on 5 weeks today since I saw the "fun and games" and her attitude has changed and so has her underbody line. Looks like I'm faced with the evidence of misbehaviour !
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